Does intermarriage take away our Chinese heritage?

["Frank Wong" <fmwong99@hotmail.com>]

Dear Chinese brothers and sisters (Hakka or non-Hakka),

This is a question that we, as Chinese in America increasingly grapple with 
in our daily existence as a community.  I want to ask: "If I were to marry a 
non-Chinese and non-Asian woman, how would that affect the Chinese heritage 
of my future children?"  If all the Chinese in America were to be mixed and 
intermarried with non-Chinese, is it still possible for the children to 
claim Chinese heritage?  Our dating and marriage pool is so small and 
limited that we are sometimes forced to date and marry outside.  I heard 26% 
of Asian men in US will remain bachelors if they only insist and limit their 
choice to an Asian woman partner.  Two of my Chinese-American male friends 
gave up looking for a Chinese or Asian women.  They took a path that I still 
have problems with.  They married Russian mail order brides.  Yet, I can't 
blame them.  They had no choice, or they would remain lonely all their 
lives.  The only thing I fear is that their children will probably no longer 
have that obligation to become Chinese.  How do Chinese from elsewhere view 
this?

Chinese brother in the US,
Frank Wong
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